OATH KEEPERS ARE BEING SLANDERED AND FALSELY ACCUSSED

As a longtime member of Oath Keepers, I am appalled at the innuendos and outright falsehoods of the reporting surrounding the Jan 6 Rally. As reported in The Epoch Times, Federal Prosecutors File First Conspiracy Charges Over US Capitol Breach. This piece is reporting that Federal “prosecutors allege that Thomas Edward Caldwell, 65, of Clarke County, Virginia, had a leadership role in Oath Keepers and conspired with others to “forcibly storm” the Capitol building.

Oath Keepers is a non-partisan association of current and formerly serving military, police, and first responders, who pledge to fulfill the oath all military and police take to “defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” That oath, mandated by Article VI of the Constitution itself, is to the Constitution, not to the politicians, and Oath Keepers declare that they will not obey unconstitutional orders, such as orders to disarm the American people, to conduct warrantless searches, or to detain Americans as “enemy combatants” in violation of their ancient right to jury trial.

While some members of the Oath Keepers were in Washington DC on Jan. 6 as Personal Security for the event staff and speakers, others were there on their on accord. There was no “mission” as being reported by other media and alleged by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

First of all, we have no membership records for Thomas Edward Caldwell, this so called leader of Oath Keepers. For the DOJ to elude that ALL Oath Keepers were somehow in Washington DC to overthrow the capitol is a leap beyond even the means of an Australian kangaroo.